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TODAY'S HOT HEADLINES

CMS releases waivers for COVID-19

AHA, March 31, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a substantial number of new waivers related to COVID-19. The waivers apply nationwide and are retroactive to March 1, 2020. Among...

How the Coronavirus and Technology Are Reshaping Home-Work, -Life and -Health

Health Populi, March 31, 2020

As people conform to the #StayHome lifestyle to #FlattenTheCurve of the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming peoples’ home lives for working, playing, and socializing. The Consumer Technology Association has conducted the COVID-19 Impact Study...

COVID-19 puts new demands on e-health record systems

Computerworld, March 31, 2020

The ongoing pandemic is putting healthcare systems under strain worldwide and forcing hospitals and other medical facilities to scramble to make sure data can be shared effectively. As healthcare providers face...

The Problem With Half-Truths About Coronavirus

Forbes, March 31, 2020

Under normal circumstances leaders must deliver credible, fact-based, focused communication in order to provide direction and a clear sense of purpose. Such communication becomes even more critical during times of...

COVID-19 was needed for telemedicine to finally go mainstream

Medical Futurist, March 31, 2020

Telemedicine has not had the success story it had hoped to achieve. The method, involving remote health-related services such as monitoring, advice and education between doctors and patients online over...

Hackers target health care AI amid coronavirus pandemic

Hill, March 31, 2020

The health care sector has increasingly turned to artificial intelligence to aid in everything from performing surgeries to helping diagnose and predict outcomes of patient illnesses. But as the coronavirus crisis...

Coronavirus: 5 Lessons Learned from Temporary Hospitals in China

HealthLeaders Media, March 31, 2020

Doctors in Wuhan, China, share steps to establish temporary hospitals for coronavirus patients. KEY TAKEAWAYS- In China, temporary hospitals are 10 times less expensive than building a new comprehensive COVID-19 care...

Will the $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package Be Enough?

Knowledge@Wharton, March 31, 2020

The CARES Act that President Trump signed into law last Friday marks the fourth big effort to support the U.S. economy as it continues to reel from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It...

Rural hospitals and private medical practices struggle to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic

CNBC, March 31, 2020

Key Points- It's not just the large, urban hospital systems that are struggling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Doctors with their own independent practices in small to mid-size...

STAT’s guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19

STAT, March 31, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has rapidly accelerated the nation’s slow-moving effort to incorporate artificial intelligence into medical care, as hospitals grasp onto experimental technologies to relieve an unprecedented strain on their...

A Month in the Quarantine Zone: Fighting Covid-19 in Wuhan

NEJM, March 31, 2020

An orthopedist was one of an army of medical professionals called into the quarantine zone around Wuhan, China. He describes his role in treating patients with Covid-19 for more than...

CMS adds 85 more Medicare services covered under telehealth

Becker's Healthcare, March 31, 2020

CMS on March 30 issued various regulatory changes to further support hospitals', physicians’ and other healthcare organizations’ capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including expanding Medicare coverage of telehealth visits. On March...

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